Churachandpur (Manipur): December 26, 2006 The Evangelical BaptChurch (EBC) of this district has decided to actively campaign against HIV/AIDS and distribute condoms despite opposition from religious heads. The Church also allowed some of the key NGOs working in Manipur to educate people during Sunday prayers in particular and at regular prayer gatherings. Read more

VIZIANAGARAM: December 27, 2006 Leaders of the United Teachers' Federation, anganwadis and students affiliated to the SFI on Tuesday blocked the entry of Minister for Forest S. Vijayarama Raju and other officials at the ITDA Project Office entrance in Parvathipuram seeking an enquiry into the alleged irregularities in teachers' deputation and appointment of anganwadis. Read more

HYDERABAD: December 27, 2006 Crunch on all fronts. Hit by asevere shortage of manpower, vehicles and budgetary allocation, the Drug Control Authority (DCA) is finding its functioning hampered in the State Read more

Srinagar: December 27, 2006 Holland-based NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said violence or its threat appears to have a large impact on the psychological health of people in the trouble-torn State. Read more

CHANDIGARH: December 27, 2006 The Haryana Government has released Rs. 50 crores to strengthen the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the State, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dharmbir Singh said here on Tuesday. Read more

Koraput: December 26, 2006 "We do not get the service from our ANM just because we belong to Dalits and she from a higher caste," a woman from Pottangi block lamented in front of Namita Panda, Chairman of State Women Commission at Koraput on Thursday. Read more

Tiruchi: December 26, 2006 The special preventive healthcare camps under the `Varum mun kappom' programme will be inaugurated the Forest Minister, K. N. Nehru, at Kannanur village near Thuraiyur on December 31. Read more

RAICHUR: December 25, 2006 At a meeting of the district-level Task Force Committee for pulse polio held on Saturday, deputy commissioner (in-charge) Manjunath Prasad appealed to all voluntary organisations to cooperate during the pulse polio programme, to be held on January 7. Read more

JAIPUR: December 25, 2006 In a significant move, the Rajasthan Government has instructed doctors to prescribe medicines with their generic terms for treatment of patients. Doctors across the State have also been asked to adhere to the Standard Treatment Guidelines of the Health System Development Project. Read more